Penasha
Penasha | |
|---|---|
| Wayaga Inazin | |
| Died | C. 1820-C.1833 |
| Successor | Takuni Phephe Sni |
| Children | Takuni Phephe Sni |
| Family | Good Road (grandson) |
Chief Penasha (also known by Pinisha or and Wayaga Inazin)[1] was an 18th and 19th-century Mdewakanton Dakota Chief.
In 1780, Penasha led a community of about 1900 people at the mouth of Nine Mile Creek, called Titanka Tannina, although it was also known as 'Pinisha's Village'.[2][3] He was described by William Snelling as a "a harmless, worthless, drunken vagabond". Penasha was a common visitor to Fort Snelling.[4]
He was a signer of the Land Cession Treaty in 1805.[5]
In the 1820s or early 1830s, Penasha had died. He would be succeeded by Takuni Phephe Sni, and then shortly after by Penasha's grandson, Good Road.[6][7] Titanka Tannina would also sometimes be labeled as 'Good Road' from then on, until it was dismantled in 1851, following the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux.[8] The area is now part of Bloomington, Minnesota.
References
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- ^ "Celebrate indigenous peoples during National American Indian Heritage Month | City of Bloomington MN". www.bloomingtonmn.gov. November 1, 2024.
- ^ DeCarlo, Peter. "Lines on the Land: How Dakota Homeland Became Private Property" (PDF).
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